Tag: NMT
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How We Did Neurologic Music Therapy Via Zoom
This week is another photographed journey, but this time we’re going to be moving past the challenges experienced in providing teletherapy to discuss the goals and therapeutic interventions for Tony’s NMT. We have been working on helping Tony increase his flexibility and spontaneous communication using Neurologic Music Therapy (NMT). Facilitating therapy looks different via teletherapy.…
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Needs To Stay
This is not a post designed for artistic eloquence, but rather one where I am speaking as a mother directly from my heart to the Arizona State Division of Developmental Disabilities, Governor Ducey, and all those responsible for funding disabilities services in this state. Whatever else we choose to leave behind from the emergency phase…
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Resurrecting Public Therapy
The cashier at Bashas’ looked at me as she pulled Tony’s bag of suckers across the scanner and said, “I haven’t seen you guys in a while.” Her eyes crinkled around the corners, so I could see that she was smiling even though her mask covered much of her face. A whole year I thought,…
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January Gratitude & Some Reading
To J.T. Nearly 7 years ago our family stood before a judge, holding a beautiful nine month old baby boy who had been our foster son, humble and joyful as a judge declared we were now legally his parents in every way. Reams of records can attest: nobody involved with his case then could have…
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Catching Up With NMT
Neurologic Music Therapy (NMT) has had an important role in our son’s progress, helping him to acquire skills he was not able to gain with the other therapy modalities. Tony has been receiving services at NMTSA since July of 2015. In that time, he’s worked with 5 therapists, many of whom moved on to higher…
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Your Kid Finger Paints? Mine Too!
This is a post I wish to write with as much sensitivity as possible. In choosing to touch upon this topic in any manner, I have been basing my decisions on what I can glean from Tony’s public actions and decided that currently he wouldn’t be concerned about us having this conversation. What he would…
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July Gratitude & Some Reading
To Suzanne Oliver, Founder & Executive Director of NMTSA Over four years ago, after our son was determined to be eligible for ALTCS and DDD, I quickly placed our little man on a wait list for your clinic (which was my top choice for music therapy because of your focus on NMT). After doing so,…
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Voicing My Support for NMTSA
My loved ones and readers new to our blog, up until today I had planned to tie this month’s posts together with more information about dental care and sensory issues. However, early this morning I read a letter that left me struggling to keep the mascara from streaking discolored rivulets across my face. After taking…
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Visiting Disneyland Prep Strategies
Several weeks ago I promised a post with the therapy strategies I used to prepare Tony for our last Disneyland trip. By delivering this at the onset of the academic summer in the US, I want to be clear that I think a summertime trip to Disneyland should be avoided for kiddos with either Autism…
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Team Tony Taking on the Town
I want you to imagine with as much detail as possible plunging into an encounter with your deepest fears- the ones that instantly and efficiently sever the communication between your intellect and your reactions. These are the things that cause you to panic, raise your voice in fear, flee, or propel you to act before…